[ExI] Hibernation for human space travel not possible

[Dave S]

On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 7:11 PM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

>
> The article is mainly concerned with very long space trips. Weight
> loss during hibernation is about five pounds per year, which becomes
> significant on multi-year trips.
>

Weight loss would be expected to be about five pounds if humans could
hibernate like other animals, which they can't. Animals also can't
hibernate for years.

-Dave
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